100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The World Championships 100 metres has been contested since 1983.

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Start of the men's 100 metres final at the 2012 Olympic Games.
World records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.49^[a] (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.63 (2012)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.62 (1988)
World Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
Women	Marion Jones 10.70 (1999)

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Women's 100 m Final – 2015 World Championships, won by Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named "the fastest man or woman in the world". Christian Coleman and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are the reigning world champions; Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson are the men's and women's Olympic champions.

On an outdoor 400 metres running track, the 100 m is run on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race. There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race: "on your marks," "set," and the firing of the starter's pistol. The runners move to the starting blocks when they hear the 'on your marks' instruction. The following instruction, to adopt the 'set' position, allows them to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles: this will help them to start faster. A race-official then fires the starter's pistol to signal the race beginning and the sprinters stride forwards from the blocks. Sprinters typically reach top speed after somewhere between 50 and 60 m. Their speed then slows towards the finish line.

The 10-second barrier has historically been a barometer of fast men's performances, while the best female sprinters take eleven seconds or less to complete the race. The current men's world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2009, while the women's world record of 10.49 seconds set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 remains unbroken.^[a]

The 100 m (109.361 yards) emerged from the metrication of the 100 yards (91.44 m), a now defunct distance originally contested in English-speaking countries. The event is largely held outdoors as few indoor facilities have a 100 m straight.

US athletes have won the men's Olympic 100 metres title more times than any other country, 16 out of the 28 times that it has been run. US women have also dominated the event winning 9 out of 21 times.

Race dynamics

Start

Male sprinters await the starter's instructions

At the start, some athletes play psychological games such as trying to be last to the starting blocks.^[3]^[4]^[5]

At high level meets, the time between the gun and first kick against the starting block is measured electronically, via sensors built in the gun and the blocks. A reaction time less than 0.1 s is considered a false start. The 0.2-second interval accounts for the sum of the time it takes for the sound of the starter's pistol to reach the runners' ears, and the time they take to react to it.

For many years a sprinter was disqualified if responsible for two false starts individually. However, this rule allowed some major races to be restarted so many times that the sprinters started to lose focus. The next iteration of the rule, introduced in February 2003, meant that one false start was allowed among the field, but anyone responsible for a subsequent false start was disqualified.

This rule led to some sprinters deliberately false-starting to gain a psychological advantage: an individual with a slower reaction time might false-start, forcing the faster starters to wait and be sure of hearing the gun for the subsequent start, thereby losing some of their advantage. To avoid such abuse and to improve spectator enjoyment, the IAAF implemented a further change in the 2010 season – a false starting athlete now receives immediate disqualification.^[6] This proposal was met with objections when first raised in 2005, on the grounds that it would not leave any room for innocent mistakes. Justin Gatlin commented, "Just a flinch or a leg cramp could cost you a year's worth of work."^[7] The rule had a dramatic impact at the 2011 World Championships, when current world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified.^[8]^[9]

Mid-race

Runners normally reach their top speed just past the halfway point of the race and they progressively decelerate in the later stages of the race. Maintaining that top speed for as long as possible is a primary focus of training for the 100 m.^[10] Pacing and running tactics do not play a significant role in the 100 m, as success in the event depends more on pure athletic qualities and technique.

Finish

The winner, by IAAF Competition Rules, is determined by the first athlete with his or her torso (not including limbs, head, or neck) over the nearer edge of the finish line.^[11] There is therefore no requirement for the entire body to cross the finish line. When the placing of the athletes is not obvious, a photo finish is used to distinguish which runner was first to cross the line.

Climatic conditions

Climatic conditions, in particular air resistance, can affect performances in the 100 m. A strong head wind is very detrimental to performance, while a tail wind can improve performances significantly. For this reason, a maximum tail wind of 2.0 m/s is allowed for a 100 m performance to be considered eligible for records, or "wind legal".

Furthermore, sprint athletes perform a better run at high altitudes because of the thinner air, which provides less air resistance. In theory, the thinner air would also make breathing slightly more difficult (due to the partial pressure of oxygen being lower), but this difference is negligible for sprint distances where all the oxygen needed for the short dash is already in the muscles and bloodstream when the race starts. While there are no limitations on altitude, performances made at altitudes greater than 1000 m above sea level are marked with an "A".^[12]

10-second barrier

The 10-second mark had been widely been considered a barrier for the 100 metres in men's sprinting. The first man to break the 10 second barrier was Jim Hines at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since then, numerous sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds.

Ethnicity

Only male sprinters have beaten the 100 m 10-second barrier, majority of them being of West African descent in particular those descendant from the Atlantic Slave trade. Namibian (formerly South-West Africa) Frankie Fredericks became the first man of non-West African heritage to achieve the feat in 1991 and in 2003 Australia's Patrick Johnson (an Indigenous Australian with Irish heritage) became the first sub-10-second runner without an African background.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

In 2010, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre became the first Caucasian to break the 10-second barrier.^[16] In 2017, Azerbaijani-born naturalized Turkish Ramil Guliyev followed^[17] and in 2018, Filippo Tortu became the first Italian to run under 10s. In the Prefontaine Classic 2015 Diamond League meet at Eugene, Su Bingtian of China ran a time of 9.99 seconds, becoming the first East Asian athlete to officially break the 10-second barrier. On 22 June 2018, Su improved his time in Madrid with a time of 9.91.^[18] On 9 September 2017, Yoshihide Kiryū became the first man from Japan to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres, running a 9.98 (+1.8) at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui. British sprinter Adam Gemili, an athlete with an Iranian-Moroccan ethnic background, became the first sprinter of Middle-Eastern and North African ancestry to legally break the barrier on 7 June 2015, having done so earlier in the same season with an excessive wind reading.^[19]

Record performances

Major 100 m races, such as at the Olympic Games, attract much attention, particularly when the world record is thought to be within reach.

The men's world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977.^[20] The current men's world record of 9.58 s is held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships final in Berlin, Germany on 16 August 2009, breaking his own previous world record by 0.11 s.^[21] The current women's world record of 10.49 s was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner of the US, at the 1988 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988^[22] breaking Evelyn Ashford's four-year-old world record by .27 seconds. The extraordinary nature of this result and those of several other sprinters in this race raised the possibility of a technical malfunction with the wind gauge which read at 0.0 m/s- a reading which was at complete odds to the windy conditions on the day with high wind speeds being recorded in all other sprints before and after this race as well as the parallel long jump runway at the time of the Griffith-Joyner performance. All scientific studies commissioned by the IAAF and independent organisations since have confirmed there was certainly an illegal tailwind of between 5 m/s – 7 m/s at the time. This should have annulled the legality of this result, although the IAAF has chosen not to take this course of action. The legitimate next best wind legal performance would therefore be Griffith-Joyner's 10.61s performance in the final the next day.^[23]

Some records have been marred by prohibited drug use – in particular, the scandal at the 1988 Summer Olympics when the winner, Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his medal and world record.

Jim Hines, Ronnie Ray Smith and Charles Greene were the first to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m, all on 20 June 1968, the Night of Speed. Hines also recorded the first legal electronically timed sub-10 second 100 m in winning the 100 metres at the 1968 Olympics. Bob Hayes ran a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the 1964 Olympics.

Continental records

Updated 7 March 2021^[24]

Area	Men				Women
Area	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	9.85	+1.7	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	10.78	+1.6	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast
Asia (records)	9.91	+1.8	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	10.79	0.0	Li Xuemei	China
		+0.6	Femi Ogunode	Qatar
		+0.2	Su Bingtian	China
		+0.8	Su Bingtian	China
Europe (records)	9.86	+0.6	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.73	+2.0	Christine Arron	France
		+1.3	Jimmy Vicaut	France
		+1.8	Jimmy Vicaut	France
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	9.58 WR	+0.9	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.49 WR	0.0	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States
Oceania (records)	9.93	+1.8	Patrick Johnson	Australia	11.11	+1.9	Melissa Breen	Australia
South America (records)	10.00^[A]	+1.6	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.91	−0.2	Rosângela Santos	Brazil

Notes

A Represents a time set at a high altitude.

All-time top 25 men

Usain Bolt breaking the world and Olympic records at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

As of June 2021^[update]^[25]^[26]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Country	Date	Place	Ref
1	9.58	+0.9	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	Berlin	^[27]
2	9.69	+2.0	Tyson Gay	United States	20 September 2009	Shanghai	^[28]
2	9.69	−0.1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	23 August 2012	Lausanne	^[29]
4	9.72	+0.2	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	2 September 2008	Lausanne	^[30]
5	9.74	+0.9	Justin Gatlin	United States	15 May 2015	Doha	^[31]
6	9.76	+0.6	Christian Coleman	United States	28 September 2019	Doha	^[32]
7	9.77	+1.5	Trayvon Bromell	United States	5 June 2021	Miramar	^[33]
8	9.78	+0.9	Nesta Carter	Jamaica	29 August 2010	Rieti	^[34]
9	9.79	+0.1	Maurice Greene	United States	16 June 1999	Athens	^[35]
10	9.80	+1.3	Steve Mullings	Jamaica	4 June 2011	Eugene	^[36]
11	9.82	+1.7	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	21 June 2014	Port of Spain	^[37]
12	9.84	+0.7	Donovan Bailey	Canada	27 July 1996	Atlanta
12	9.84	+0.2	Bruny Surin	Canada	22 August 1999	Seville
14	9.85	+1.2	Leroy Burrell	United States	6 July 1994	Lausanne	^[38]
		+1.7	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 May 2006	Doha
		+1.3	Mike Rodgers	United States	4 June 2011	Eugene
		+1.5	Marvin Bracy	United States	5 June 2021	Miramar	^[33]
18	9.86	+1.2	Carl Lewis	United States	25 August 1991	Tokyo	^[39]
		−0.7	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	3 July 1996	Lausanne
		+1.8	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	19 April 1998	Walnut
		+0.6	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	22 August 2004	Athens
		+1.4	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago	23 June 2012	Port of Spain
		+1.3	Jimmy Vicaut	France	4 July 2015	Saint-Denis	^[40]
		+0.9	Noah Lyles	United States	18 May 2019	Shanghai	^[41]
		+0.8	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	7 June 2019	Austin	^[42]
		+1.6	Michael Norman	United States	20 July 2020	Fort Worth	^[43]

More facts about these male runners

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9.86:

Usain Bolt also holds the world record for the fastest 100 metres with a running start at 8.70 (41.38 km/h). This was achieved in a 150 metres race during the BUPA Great City Games in Manchester on 17 May 2009, completed in 14.35 (also a world record).^[44] He also ran 9.63 (2012), 9.69 (2008), 9.72 (2008), 9.76 (2008, 2011, 2012), 9.77 (2008, 2013), 9.79 (2009, 2012, 2015), 9.80 (2013), 9.81 (2009, 2016), 9.82 (2010, 2012), 9.83 (2008), 9.84 (2010), 9.85 (2008, 2011, 2013) and 9.86 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2016).
Tyson Gay also ran 9.71 (2009), 9.77 (2008, 2009), 9.78 (2010), 9.79 (2010, 2011), 9.84 (2006, 2007, 2010), 9.85 (2007, 2008) and 9.86 (2012).
Asafa Powell also ran 9.74 (2007), 9.77 (2005, 2006, 2008), 9.78 (2007, 2011), 9.81 (2015), 9.82 (2008, 2009, 2010), 9.83 (2007, 2008, 2010), 9.84 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2015), 9.85 (2005, 2006, 2009, 2012), and 9.86 (2006, 2011).
Yohan Blake also ran 9.75 (2012), 9.76 (2012), 9.82 (2011), 9.84 (2012), and 9.85 (2012).
Justin Gatlin ran 9.77 in Doha on 12 May 2006, which was at the time ratified as a world record. However, the record was rescinded in 2007 after he failed a doping test in April 2006. He also ran 9.75 (2015), 9.77 (2014, 2015), 9.78 (2015), 9.79 (2012), 9.80 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), 9.82 (2012, 2014), 9.83 (2014, 2016), 9.85 (2004, 2013) and 9.86 (2014).
Tim Montgomery ran 9.78 in Paris on 14 September 2002, which was at the time ratified as a world record.^[45] However, the record was rescinded in December 2005 following his indictment in the BALCO scandal on drug use and drug trafficking charges.^[46] The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.^[47]
Ben Johnson ran 9.79 in Seoul on 24 September 1988, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. He subsequently admitted to drug use between 1981 and 1988, and his time of 9.83 at Rome on 30 August 1987 was rescinded.
Christian Coleman also ran 9.79 (2018), 9.81 (2019), 9.82 (2017), 9.85 (2019), and 9.86 (2019).
Maurice Greene also ran 9.80 (1999), 9.82 (2001), 9.85 (1999) and 9.86 (1997, 2000).
Trayvon Bromell also ran 9.84 (2015, 2016).
Nesta Carter also ran 9.85 (2010) and 9.86 (2010).
Richard Thompson also ran 9.85 (2011).
Ato Boldon also ran 9.86 (1998, 1999).
Keston Bledman also ran 9.86 (2015).
Mike Rodgers also ran 9.86 (2015).
Jimmy Vicaut also ran 9.86 (2016).
Steve Mullings is serving a lifetime ban for doping.^[48]

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (9.80 or better). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown.

Justin Gatlin ran 9.45 (+20 m/s) in 2011 on the Japanese TV show Kasupe! assisted by wind machines blowing at speeds over 25 metres per second.^[49]
Tyson Gay (USA) ran 9.68 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.^[50]
Obadele Thompson (BAR) ran 9.69 (+5.7 m/s) in El Paso, Texas on 13 April 1996, which stood as the fastest ever 100 metres time for 12 years.
Andre De Grasse (CAN) ran 9.69 (+4.8 m/s) during the Diamond League in Stockholm on 18 June 2017^[51] and 9.75 (+2.7 m/s) during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
Richard Thompson (TTO) ran 9.74 (exact wind unknown) in Clermont, Florida on 31 May 2014.
Darvis Patton (USA) ran 9.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 30 March 2013.
Churandy Martina (AHO) ran 9.76 (+6.1 m/s) in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006.
Trayvon Bromell (USA) ran 9.76 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 9.77 (+4.2 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 18 May 2014.
Carl Lewis (USA) ran 9.78 (+5.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988 and 9.80 (+4.3 m/s) during the World Championships in Tokyo on 24 August 1991.
Maurice Greene (USA) ran 9.78 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2004.
Ronnie Baker (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.4 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 26 May 2018.
Andre Cason (USA) ran 9.79 (+5.3 m/s) and (+4.5 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 16 June 1993.
Walter Dix (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.
Mike Rodgers (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2014 and 9.80 (+2.4 m/s) in Sacramento, California on 27 June 2014.
Terrance Laird (USA) ran 9.80 (+3.2 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 15 May 2021.^[52]

All-time top 25 women

Christine Arron (left) wins the 100 m at the Weltklasse meeting.

As of June 2021^[update]^[53]^[54]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	10.49	0.0^[a]	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	16 July 1988	Indianapolis
2	10.63	+1.3	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	5 June 2021	Kingston
3	10.64	+1.2	Carmelita Jeter	United States	20 September 2009	Shanghai
4	10.65 ^[A]	+1.1	Marion Jones	United States	12 September 1998	Johannesburg
5	10.70	+0.3	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	1 July 2016	Kingston	^[55]
6	10.72	+1.6	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	10 April 2021	Miramar	^[56]
7	10.73	+2.0	Christine Arron	France	19 August 1998	Budapest
8	10.74	+1.3	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7 September 1996	Milan
8	10.74	+1.0	English Gardner	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene	^[57]
10	10.75	+0.4	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	10 July 2009	Rome
11	10.76	+1.7	Evelyn Ashford	United States	22 August 1984	Zürich
11	10.76	+1.1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava
13	10.77	+0.9	Irina Privalova	Russia	6 July 1994	Lausanne
13	10.77	+0.7	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	19 June 2004	Plovdiv
15	10.78 ^[A]	+1.0	Dawn Sowell	United States	3 June 1989	Provo
	10.78	+1.8	Torri Edwards	United States	26 June 2008	Eugene
		+1.6	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	11 June 2016	Montverde	^[58]
		+1.0	Tianna Bartoletta	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene	^[57]
		+1.0	Tori Bowie	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene	^[57]
20	10.79	0.0	Li Xuemei	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai
		−0.1	Inger Miller	United States	22 August 1999	Seville
		+1.1	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	27 July 2013	London
23	10.81	+1.7	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	8 June 1983	Berlin
23	10.81	−0.3	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	24 August 2015	Beijing	^[59]
25	10.82	−1.0	Gail Devers	United States	1 August 1992	Barcelona
		+1.5			7 July 1993	Lausanne
		−0.3			16 August 1993	Stuttgart
		+0.4	Gwen Torrence	United States	3 September 1994	Paris
		−0.3	Zhanna Block	Ukraine	6 August 2001	Edmonton
		−0.7	Sherone Simpson	Jamaica	24 June 2006	Kingston
		+0.9	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	24 June 2017	Port of Spain	^[60]

More facts about these female runners

Florence Griffith-Joyner's world record has been the subject of a controversy due to strong suspicion of a defective anemometer measuring a tailwind lower than actually present;^[61] since 1997 the International Athletics Annual of the Association of Track and Field Statisticians has listed this performance as "probably strongly wind assisted, but recognised as a world record".^[62] It can be reasonable to assume a wind reading of about +4.7 m/s for Griffith-Joyner's quarter-final. Her legal 10.61 the following day and 10.62 at the 1988 Olympics would still make her the world record holder.^[63]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.82:

As well as the 10.61 (1988) and 10.62 (1988) mentioned in the more facts section, Florence Griffith-Joyner also ran 10.70 (1988).
Carmelita Jeter also ran 10.67 (2009), 10.70 (2011), 10.78 (2011, 2012), 10.81 (2012), and 10.82 (2010).
Marion Jones also ran 10.70 (1999), 10.71 (1998), 10.72 (1998), 10.75 (1998), 10.76 (1997, 1999), 10.77 (1998), 10.78 (2000), 10.79 (1998), 10.80 (1998, 1999), 10.81 (1997, 1998), and 10.82 (1998).
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also ran 10.70 (2012), 10.71 (2013, 2019), 10.72 (2013), 10.73 (2009, 2019), 10.74 (2015, 2019), 10.75 (2012), 10.76 (2015), 10.77 (2013), 10.78 (2008, 2019), 10.79 (2009, 2015), 10.80 (2019), 10.81 (2015, 2019), and 10.82 (2015).
Elaine Thompson Herah also ran 10.71 (2016, 2017), 10.72 (2016), 10.73 (2019), and 10.78 (2016, 2017, 2021).
Sha'Carri Richardson also ran 10.74 (2021), 10.75 (2019) and 10.77 (2021).
Kerron Stewart also ran 10.75 (2009) and 10.80 (2008).
Merlene Ottey also ran 10.78 (1990, 1994), 10.79 (1991), 10.80 (1992), and 10.82 (1990, 1993).
Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 10.78 (2010), 10.81 (2012), and 10.82 (2012).
Evelyn Ashford also ran 10.79 (1983) and 10.81 (1988).
English Gardner also ran 10.79 (2015) and 10.81 (2016).
Tori Bowie also ran 10.80 (2014, 2016), 10.81 (2015), and 10.82 (2015).
Blessing Okagbare also ran 10.80 (2015).
Christine Arron also ran 10.81 (1998).
Inger Miller also ran 10.81 (1999).
Murielle Ahouré also ran 10.81 (2015).
Irina Privalova also ran 10.82 (1992).
Gail Devers also ran 10.82 (1993).
Gwen Torrence also ran 10.82 (1996).

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (10.82 or better). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown.

Tori Bowie (USA) ran 10.72 (+3.2 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 10.74 (+3.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 3 July 2016.
Tawanna Meadows (USA) ran 10.72 (+4.5 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 6 May 2017.
Blessing Okagbare (NGR) ran 10.72 (+2.7 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 31 March 2018 and 10.75 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 1 June 2013.
Marshevet Hooker (USA) ran 10.76 (+3.4 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 27 June 2008.
Gail Devers (USA) ran 10.77 (+2.3 m/s) in San Jose, California on 28 May 1994.
Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) ran 10.77 (+2.3 m/s) in Rethymno on 29 May 1999.
Gwen Torrence (USA) ran 10.78 (+5.0 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988.
Muna Lee (USA) ran 10.78 (+3.3 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2009.
Marlies Göhr (GDR) ran 10.79 (+3.3 m/s) in Cottbus on 16 July 1980.
Kelli White (USA) ran 10.79 (+2.3 m/s) in Carson, California on 1 June 2001. This performance was annulled in 2003 after she tested positive for modafinil.
Pam Marshall (USA) ran 10.80 (+2.9 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 20 June 1986.
Heike Drechsler (GDR) ran 10.80 (+2.8 m/s) in Oslo on 5 July 1986.
Jenna Prandini (USA) ran 10.81 (+3.6 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 2 July 2016.
Silke Gladisch (GDR) ran 10.82 (+2.2 m/s) in Rome on 30 August 1987.

Season's bests

Men

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
1972	10.07	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	Munich
1973	10.15	Steve Williams (USA)	Dakar
1974	9.9h	Steve Williams (USA)	Los Angeles
1975	10.05	Steve Riddick (USA)	Zürich
1976	10.06	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	Montreal
1977	9.98^[A]	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	Guadalajara
1978	10.07	Clancy Edwards (USA)	Eugene
	10.07^[A]	Eddie Hart (USA)	Colorado Springs
	10.07	Steve Williams (USA)	Zürich
1979	10.01^[A]	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	Mexico City
1980	10.02	James Sanford (USA)	Westwood
1981	10.00	Carl Lewis (USA)	Dallas
1982	10.00	Carl Lewis (USA)	Modesto
1983	9.93^[A]	Calvin Smith (USA)	Colorado Springs
1984	9.96	Mel Lattany (USA)	Athens
1985	9.98	Carl Lewis (USA)	Modesto
1986	10.00	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	Berlin
1987	9.93	Carl Lewis (USA)	Rome
1988	9.92	Carl Lewis (USA)	Seoul
1989	9.94	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Houston
1990	9.96	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Villeneuve d'Ascq
1990	9.96^[A]	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Sestriere
1991	9.86	Carl Lewis (USA)	Tokyo
1992	9.93	Michael Marsh (USA)	Walnut
1993	9.87	Linford Christie (GBR)	Stuttgart
1994	9.85	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Lausanne
1995	9.91	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Montreal
1996	9.84	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Atlanta
1997	9.86	Maurice Greene (USA)	Athens
1998	9.86	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Walnut
1998	9.86	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Athens
1999	9.79	Maurice Greene (USA)	Athens
2000	9.86	Maurice Greene (USA)	Berlin
2001	9.82	Maurice Greene (USA)	Edmonton
2002	9.89	Maurice Greene (USA)	Rome
2003	9.93	Patrick Johnson (AUS)	Mito
2004	9.85	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Athens
2005	9.77	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Athens
2006	9.77	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Gateshead
2006	9.77	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Zürich
2007	9.74	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Rieti
2008	9.69	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Beijing
2009	9.58	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Berlin
2010	9.78	Tyson Gay (USA)	London
2010	9.78	Nesta Carter (JAM)	Rieti
2011	9.76	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Brussels
2012	9.63	Usain Bolt (JAM)	London
2013	9.77	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Moscow
2014	9.77	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Brussels
2015	9.74	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Doha
2016	9.80	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Eugene
2017	9.82	Christian Coleman (USA)	Eugene
2018	9.79	Christian Coleman (USA)	Brussels
2019	9.76	Christian Coleman (USA)	Doha
2020	9.86	Michael Norman (USA)	Fort Worth
2021	9.77	Trayvon Bromell (USA)	Miramar

Women

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
1972	11.07	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Munich
1973	11.07	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Dresden
1974	11.13	Irena Szewinska (POL)	Rome
1975	11.13	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Dresden
1976	11.01	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Montreal
1977	10.88	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Dresden
1978	10.94	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Dresden
1979	10.97	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Dresden
1979	10.97	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Walnut
1980	10.93	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Dresden
1981	10.90^[A]	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Colorado Springs
1982	10.88	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Karl-Marx-Stadt
1983	10.79^[A]	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Colorado Springs
1984	10.76	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Zürich
1985	10.86	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Berlin
1986	10.88	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Rieti
1987	10.86	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	Belgrade
1987	10.86	Silke Möller (GER)	Potsdam
1988	10.49^[a]	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Indianapolis
1989	10.78^[A]	Dawn Sowell (USA)	Provo
1990	10.78	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Seville
1991	10.79	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Vigo
1992	10.80	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Salamanca
1993	10.82	Gail Devers (USA)	Lausanne
		Gail Devers (USA)	Stuttgart
		Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Stuttgart
1994	10.77	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Lausanne
1995	10.84	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Gothenburg
1996	10.74	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Milan
1997	10.76	Marion Jones (USA)	Brussels
1998	10.65^[A]	Marion Jones (USA)	Johannesburg
1999	10.70	Marion Jones (USA)	Seville
2000	10.78	Marion Jones (USA)	London
2001	10.82	Zhanna Block (UKR)	Edmonton
2002	10.91	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	Manchester
2003	10.86	Chryste Gaines (USA)	Monaco
2004	10.77	Ivet Lalova (BUL)	Plovdiv
2005	10.84	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	Lausanne
2006	10.82	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	Kingston
2007	10.89	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Kingston
2008	10.78	Torri Edwards (USA)	Eugene
2008	10.78	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Beijing
2009	10.64	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Shanghai
2010	10.78	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Eugene
2011	10.70	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Eugene
2012	10.70	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Kingston
2013	10.71	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Moscow
2014	10.80	Tori Bowie (USA)	Monaco
2015	10.74	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Saint-Denis
2016	10.70	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Kingston
2017	10.71	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Kingston
2018	10.85	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Doha
2018	10.85	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Berlin
2019	10.71	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Doha
2020	10.85	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	Rome
2021	10.63	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Kingston

Top 17 junior (under-20) men

Updated 29 March 2020^[update]^[64]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	9.97	+1.8	Trayvon Bromell	United States	13 June 2014	Eugene	18 years, 338 days	^[65]
2	10.00	+1.6	Trentavis Friday	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	19 years, 30 days
3	10.01	+0.0	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	24 August 2003	Saint-Denis	18 years, 317 days
		+1.6	Jeff Demps	United States	28 June 2008	Eugene	18 years, 172 days
		+0.9	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	28 April 2013	Hiroshima	17 years, 134 days	^[66]
6	10.03	+0.7	Marcus Rowland	United States	31 July 2009	Port of Spain	19 years, 142 days
6	10.03	+1.7	Lalu Muhammad Zohri	Indonesia	19 May 2019	Osaka	18 years, 322 days	^[67]
8	10.04	+1.7	D'Angelo Cherry	United States	10 June 2009	Fayetteville	18 years, 313 days
		+0.2	Christophe Lemaitre	France	24 July 2009	Novi Sad	19 years, 43 days
		+1.9	Abdullah Abkar Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	15 April 2016	Norwalk	18 years, 319 days	^[68]
11	10.05		Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	3 January 1990	Bauchi	18 years, 42 days
		+0.1	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	11 July 2012	Barcelona	18 years, 279 days
		+0.6	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	24 June 2017	Osaka	18 years, 110 days	^[69]
		−0.6	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	4 August 2017	London	18 years, 151 days	^[70]
14	10.06	0.0	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	26 April 1997	Walnut	18 years, 200 days
		+2.0	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	25 July 1997	Ljubljana	19 years, 111 days
		+1.5	Walter Dix	United States	7 May 2005	New York	19 years, 116 days
		+0.8	Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi	South Africa	14 March 2020	Pretoria	19 years, 42 days	^[71]

Notes

Trayvon Bromell's junior world record is also the age-18 world record. He also recorded the fastest wind-assisted (+4.2 m/s) time for a junior or age-18 athlete of 9.77 seconds on 18 May 2014 (age 18 years, 312 days).^[72]
Yoshihide Kiryu's time of 10.01 seconds matched the junior world record set by Darrel Brown and Jeff Demps, but was not ratified because of the type of wind gauge used.^[73]
British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis recorded a time of 9.97 seconds on 4 August 2001 (age 18 years, 334 days), but the wind gauge malfunctioned.^[74]
Nigerian sprinter Davidson Ezinwa recorded a time of 10.05 seconds on 4 January 1990 (age 18 years, 43 days), but with no wind gauge.^[75]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.06:

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown also ran 10.06 (2017).

Top 20 junior (under-20) women

Updated 2 June 2020^[update]^[76]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.75	+1.6	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	8 June 2019	Austin	19 years, 75 days	^[77]
2	10.88	+2.0	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	1 July 1977	Dresden	19 years, 102 days
3	10.89	+1.8	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	20 July 1988	Berlin	18 years, 241 days
4	10.97	+1.2	Briana Williams	Jamaica	5 June 2021	Miramar	19 years, 76 days
5	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Shoreline	16 years, 129 days	^[78]
6	10.99	+0.9	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22 July 2015	Toronto	19 years, 176 days	^[79]
6	10.99	+1.7	Twanisha Terry	United States	21 April 2018	Torrance	19 years, 148 days	^[80]
8	11.02	+1.8	Tamara Clark	United States	12 May 2018	Knoxville	19 years, 123 days
9	11.03	+1.7	Silke Gladisch-Möller	East Germany	8 June 1983	Berlin	18 years, 353 days
9	11.03	+0.6	English Gardner	United States	14 May 2011	Tucson	19 years, 22 days
11	11.04	+1.4	Angela Williams	United States	5 June 1999	Boise	19 years, 126 days
11	11.04	+1.6	Kiara Grant	Jamaica	8 June 2019	Austin	18 years, 243 days	^[81]
13	11.06	+0.9	Khalifa St. Fort	Trinidad and Tobago	24 June 2017	Port of Spain	19 years, 131 days	^[82]
14	11.07	+0.7	Bianca Knight	United States	27 June 2008	Eugene	19 years, 177 days
15	11.08	+2.0	Brenda Morehead	United States	21 June 1976	Eugene	18 years, 260 days
16	11.09	NWI	Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 1984	Nashville	18 years, 335 days
16	11.09	+1.6	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	27 May 2021	Austin	19 years, 28 days
18	11.10	+0.9	Kaylin Whitney	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	16 years, 118 days
19	11.11	+0.2	Shakedia Jones	United States	2 May 1998	Westwood	19 years, 48 days
19	11.11	+1.1	Joan Uduak Ekah	Nigeria	2 July 1999	Lausanne	17 years, 224 days

Notes

Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have made her the fourth fastest junior female of all-time.^[83] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.^[84]^[85]^[86]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.11:

Briana Williams also ran 10.98 (2021), 11.01 (2021), 11.02 (2019), 11.09 (2021), 11.10 (2019) and 11.11 (2019)
Sha'Carri Richardson also ran 10.99 x2 (2019).
Twanisha Terry also ran 11.03 (2018) and 11.08 (2018)
Marlies Gohr also ran 11.07 (1977) and 11.10 (1977)
Candace Hill also ran 11.07 (2016), 11.08 (2015) and 11.09 (2016)
Silke Gladisch-Moeller also ran 11.08 (1983)
Bianca Knight also ran 11.09 (2008) and 11.11 x2 (2008)
Ángela Tenorio also ran 11.09 x2 (2015) and 11.10 (2015)
Angela Williams (USA) also ran 11.11 (1998)
Kiara Grant also ran 11.11 (2019)

Top 15 Youth (under-18) boys

Updated 5 January 2020^[update]^[87]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Country	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.15	+2.0	Anthony Schwartz	United States	31 March 2017	Gainesville	16 years, 207 days	^[88]
2	10.16	-0.3	Erriyon Knighton	United States	23 May 2021	Boston, Massachusetts	17 years, 114 days
3	10.19	+0.5	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	3 November 2012	Fukuroi	16 years, 324 days
4	10.20	+1.4	Darryl Haraway	United States	15 June 2014	Greensboro	17 years, 87 days
		+1.5	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	7 September 2015	Apia	17 years, 118 days	^[89]
		+2.0	Sachin Dennis	Jamaica	23 March 2018	Kingston	15 years, 233 days	^[90]
6	10.22	+1.0	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	14 May 2016	Shanghai	17 years, 69 days
8	10.23	+0.8	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Nigeria	23 March 2002	Enugu	17 years, 2 days	^{[citation needed]}
8	10.23	+1.2	Rynell Parson	United States	21 June 2007	Indianapolis	16 years, 345 days
10	10.24	+0.0	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 2001	Bridgetown	16 years, 185 days
11	10.25	+1.5	J-Mee Samuels	United States	11 July 2004	Knoxville	17 years, 52 days
		+1.6	Jeff Demps	United States	1 August 2007	Knoxville	17 years, 205 days
		+0.9	Jhevaughn Matherson	Jamaica	5 March 2016	Kingston	17 years, 7 days	^[91]^{[failed verification]}
14	10.26	+1.2	Deworski Odom	United States	21 July 1994	Lisbon	17 years, 101 days
14	10.26	−0.1	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	18 March 1995	Bauchi	16 years, 161 days

Top 15 Youth (under-18) girls

Updated 5 January 2020^[update]^[92]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Shoreline	16 years, 129 days	^[78]
2	11.02	+0.8	Briana Williams	Jamaica	8 June 2019	Albuquerque	17 years, 79 days
3	11.10	+0.9	Kaylin Whitney	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	16 years, 118 days	^[93]
4	11.13	+2.0	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	21 June 1976	Eugene	17 years, 163 days
4	11.13	+1.6	Tamari Davis	United States	9 June 2018	Montverde	15 years, 159 days
6	11.14	+1.7	Marion Jones	United States	6 June 1992	Norwalk	16 years, 238 days
6	11.14	−0.5	Angela Williams	United States	21 June 1997	Edwardsville	17 years, 142 days
8	11.16	+1.2	Gabrielle Mayo	United States	22 June 2006	Indianapolis	17 years, 147 days
8	11.16	+0.9	Kevona Davis	Jamaica	23 March 2018	Kingston	16 years, 93 days
10	11.17 A	+0.6	Wendy Vereen	United States	3 July 1983	Colorado Springs	17 years, 70 days
11	11.19	0.0	Khalifa St. Fort	Trinidad and Tobago	16 July 2015	Cali	17 years, 153 days
12	11.20 A	+1.2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	15 October 1968	Mexico City	17 years, 144 days
13	11.24	−1.0	Ewa Swoboda	Poland	4 June 2015	Sankt Pölten	17 years, 313 days
14	11.24	+1.2	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	22 June 2006	Indianapolis	16 years, 268 days
14	11.24	+0.8	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	31 May 2010	Bedford	16 years, 245 days

Notes

Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have been a world under-18 best time.^[83] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.^[84]^[85]^[86]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.24:

Briana Williams also ran 11.10 (2019), 11.11 (2019), 11.13 (2018), 11.21 (2018)
Tamari Davis also ran 11.15 (2020).
Kevona Davis also ran 11.24 (2017).

100 metres per age category

The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes

As of August 2020

Boys

Age	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Age
5	15.93	-2.1	Kai Sapp	8 June 2019	Henderson, United States	5 years, 355 days
6	14.30	+1.7	Willie Washington	24 July 2010	Durham, United States	6 years, 350 days
7	13.46	-1.7		6 August 2011	New Orleans, United States	7 years, 363 days
8	12.80	+0.5		29 July 2012	Baltimore, United States	8 years, 356 days
9	12.45	+1.1		3 August 2013	Ypsilanti, United States	9 years, 360 days
10	12.06	-0.4	Nyckoles Harbor	8 June 2016	Landover, United States	10 years, 339 days
11	11.86	+0.1	Nyckoles Harbor	25 June 2017	Baltimore, United States	11 years, 355 days
12	11.22	-0.3	Shaun Crawford	4 August 2010	Norfolk, United States	12 years, 346 days
13	10.82	+1.2	Darrel Brown	10 July 1998	Georgetown, Guyana	13 years, 272 days
14	10.51	-0.7	Sachin Dennis	31 March 2017	Kingston, Jamaica	14 years, 241 days
15	10.20	+2.0	Sachin Dennis	23 March 2018	Kingston, Jamaica	15 years, 233 days
16	10.15	+2.0	Anthony Schwartz	31 March 2017	Gainesville, United States	16 years, 207 days
17	10.01	+2.0	Yoshihide Kiryu	29 April 2013	Hiroshima, Japan	17 years, 135 days
18	9.97	+1.8	Trayvon Bromell	13 June 2014	Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days
19	9.84	+1.3	Trayvon Bromell	25 June 2015	Eugene, United States	19 years, 350 days

Girls

Age	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Place	Age
5	16.12	+1.6	Micahlena Cotton	9 July 2016	Orlando, United States	5 years, 362 days
6	14.89	0.0	Stacey Onyepunuka	6 July 2013	Mesa, United States	6 years, 261 days
7	13.97	-0.4	Payton Payne	25 July 2015	Durham, United States	7 years, 234 days
8	13.55	+1.5	Kharisma Watkins	1 June 2019	Miramar, United States	8 years, 343 days
9	12.67	+1.7	Payton Payne	9 July 2017	Greensboro, United States	9 years, 218 days
10	12.15	+0.5		26 July 2018	Greensboro, United States	10 years, 235 days
11	11.75	+1.6		28 July 2019	Sacramento, United States	11 years, 237 days
12	11.75	+1.6		28 July 2019	Sacramento, United States	11 years, 237 days
13	11.54	-1.2	Tina Clayton	27 May 2018	Douglasville, United States	13 years, 283 days
14	11.27	+1.4	Tina Clayton	31 March 2017	Kingston, Jamaica	14 years, 224 days
15	11.13	+1.7	Briana Williams	17 March 2018	Jacksonville, United States	15 years, 361 days
15	11.13	+1.6	Tamari Davis	9 June 2018	Shoreline, United States	15 years, 114 days
16	10.98	+2.0	Candance Hill	20 June 2015	Shoreline, United States	16 years, 129 days
17	10.94	+0.6	Briana Williams	21 June 2019	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 92 days
18	10.89	+1.8	Katrin Krabbe	20 July 1988	Berlin, East Germany	18 years, 241 days
19	10.75	+1.3	Sha'Carri Richardson	8 June 2019	Austin, United States	19 years, 75 days

Para world records men

Jason Smyth (in lane five) breaking the men's T13 world record at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Updated 20 October 2020^[94]

Class	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	10.92	+1.8	David Brown	United States	18 April 2014	Walnut
T12	10.45	+1.8	Salum Ageze Kashafali	Norway	13 June 2019	Oslo	^[95]
T13	10.46	+0.6	Jason Smyth	Ireland	1 September 2012	London
T32	23.25	0.0	Martin McDonagh	Ireland	13 August 1999	Nottingham
T33	16.46	+1.3	Ahmad Almutairi	Kuwait	12 May 2015	Doha
T33	16.46	+1.0	Ahmad Almutairi	Kuwait	3 June 2017	Nottwil
T34	14.46	+0.6	Walid Ktila	Tunisia	1 June 2019	Arbon
T35	11.77	+0.4	Ihor Tsvietov	Ukraine	15 November 2019	Dubai
T36	11.72	+0.7	James Turner	Australia	10 November 2019	Dubai
T37	11.42	+0.2	Charl du Toit	South Africa	10 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[96]
T38	10.74	−0.3	Hu Jianwen	China	13 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[97]
T42	12.42	0.0	Anton Prokhorov	Russia	15 November 2019	Dubai
T43	vacant
T44	11.00	+1.1	Mpumelelo Mhlongo	South Africa	11 November 2019	Dubai
T45	10.94	+0.2	Yohansson Nascimento	Brazil	6 September 2012	London
T46/47	10.42	+0.3	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos	Brazil	12 November 2019	Dubai
T51	19.71	+0.4	Peter Genyn	Belgium	4 September 2020	Brussels
T52	16.41	+0.2	Raymond Martin	United States	30 May 2019	Arbon
T53	14.10	+0.7	Brent Lakatos	Canada	27 May 2017	Arbon
T54	13.63	+1.0	Leo-Pekka Tähti	Finland	1 September 2012	London
T61	12.73	+0.9	Ali Lacin	Germany	3 July 2020	Berlin
T62	10.54	+1.6	Johannes Floors	Germany	10 November 2019	Dubai
T63	11.95	+1.9	Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues	Brazil	25 April 2019	São Paulo
T64	10.61	+1.4	Richard Browne	United States	29 October 2015	Doha

Para world records women

Updated 12 February 2021^[98]

Classification	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	11.85	+1.5	Jerusa Geber Santos	Brazil	27 July 2019	São Paulo
T12	11.40	+0.2	Omara Durand	Cuba	9 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[99]
T13	11.79	+0.5	Leilia Adzhametova	Ukraine	11 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[100]
T32	37.67	0.0	Lindsay Wright	United Kingdom	25 July 1997	Nottingham
T33	19.89	+0.3	Shelby Watson	United Kingdom	26 May 2016	Nottwil
T34	16.77	+1.4	Hannah Cockroft	United Kingdom	10 November 2019	Dubai
T35	13.43	+0.9	Isis Holt	Australia	19 July 2017	London
T36	13.68	+1.5	Shi Yiting	China	20 July 2017	London
T37	13.10	+1.3	Mandy Francois-Elie	France	24 May 2019	Nottwil
T38	12.38	+1.0	Sophie Hahn	Great Britain	12 November 2019	Loughborough
T42	14.61	−0.2	Karisma Evi Tiarani	Indonesia	13 November 2019	Dubai
T43	12.80	+1.0	Marlou van Rhijn	Netherlands	29 October 2015	Doha	^[101]
T44	12.72	+0.5	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	24 May 2019	Nottwil	^[102]
T44	12.72	+1.8	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	21 June 2019	Leverkusen
T45	14.00	0.0	Giselle Cole	Canada	2 June 1980	Arnhem
T46/47	11.95	−0.2	Yunidis Castillo	Cuba	4 September 2012	London
T51	24.69	−0.8	Cassie Mitchell	United States	2 July 2016	Charlotte
T52	18.67	+1.7	Michelle Stilwell	Canada	14 July 2012	Windsor
T53	16.19	+1.0	Huang Lisha	China	8 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[103]
T54	15.35	+1.9	Tatyana McFadden	United States	5 June 2016	Indianapolis
T61	14.95	+1.5	Vanessa Louw	Australia	20 January 2020	Canberra
T62	12.78	+1.0	Fleur Jong	Netherlands	21 August 2020	Leverkusen
T63	14.59	+0.2	Ambra Sabatini	Italy	12 February 2021	Dubai
T64	12.66	+0.5	Marlene van Gansewinkel	Netherlands	24 May 2019	Nottwil	^[102]

Olympic medalists

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Thomas Burke (USA)	Fritz Hofmann (GER)	Francis Lane (USA) Alajos Szokolyi (HUN)
1900 Paris details	Frank Jarvis (USA)	Walter Tewksbury (USA)	Stan Rowley (AUS)
1904 St. Louis details	Archie Hahn (USA)	Nathaniel Cartmell (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)
1908 London details	Reggie Walker (RSA)	James Rector (USA)	Robert Kerr (CAN)
1912 Stockholm details	Ralph Craig (USA)	Alvah Meyer (USA)	Donald Lippincott (USA)
1920 Antwerp details	Charley Paddock (USA)	Morris Kirksey (USA)	Harry Edward (GBR)
1924 Paris details	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (NZL)
1928 Amsterdam details	Percy Williams (CAN)	Jack London (GBR)	Georg Lammers (GER)
1932 Los Angeles details	Eddie Tolan (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Arthur Jonath (GER)
1936 Berlin details	Jesse Owens (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948 London details	Harrison Dillard (USA)	Barney Ewell (USA)	Lloyd La Beach (PAN)
1952 Helsinki details	Lindy Remigino (USA)	Herb McKenley (JAM)	McDonald Bailey (GBR)
1956 Melbourne details	Bobby Morrow (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	Hector Hogan (AUS)
1960 Rome details	Armin Hary (EUA)	Dave Sime (USA)	Peter Radford (GBR)
1964 Tokyo details	Bob Hayes (USA)	Enrique Figuerola (CUB)	Harry Jerome (CAN)
1968 Mexico City details	Jim Hines (USA)	Lennox Miller (JAM)	Charles Greene (USA)
1972 Munich details	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	Robert Taylor (USA)	Lennox Miller (JAM)
1976 Montreal details	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Valeriy Borzov (URS)
1980 Moscow details	Allan Wells (GBR)	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	Petar Petrov (BUL)
1984 Los Angeles details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Sam Graddy (USA)	Ben Johnson (CAN)
1988 Seoul^[104]^[105] details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Calvin Smith (USA)
1992 Barcelona details	Linford Christie (GBR)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1996 Atlanta details	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000 Sydney details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Obadele Thompson (BAR)
2004 Athens details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Francis Obikwelu (POR)	Maurice Greene (USA)
2008 Beijing details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Richard Thompson (TRI)	Walter Dix (USA)
2012 London details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)

Women

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Betty Robinson United States	Fanny Rosenfeld Canada	Ethel Smith Canada
1932 Los Angeles details	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	Hilda Strike Canada	Wilhelmina von Bremen United States
1936 Berlin details	Helen Stephens United States	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	Käthe Krauß Germany
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands	Dorothy Manley Great Britain	Shirley Strickland Australia
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson Australia	Daphne Hasenjager South Africa	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert Australia	Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany	Marlene Matthews Australia
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph United States	Dorothy Hyman Great Britain	Giuseppina Leone Italy
1964 Tokyo details	Wyomia Tyus United States	Edith McGuire United States	Ewa Kłobukowska Poland
1968 Mexico City details	Wyomia Tyus United States	Barbara Ferrell United States	Irena Szewińska Poland
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher East Germany	Raelene Boyle Australia	Silvia Chivás Cuba
1976 Montreal details	Annegret Richter West Germany	Renate Stecher East Germany	Inge Helten West Germany
1980 Moscow details	Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union	Marlies Göhr East Germany	Ingrid Auerswald East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Evelyn Ashford United States	Alice Brown United States	Merlene Ottey Jamaica
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith-Joyner United States	Evelyn Ashford United States	Heike Drechsler East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Gail Devers United States	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica	Irina Privalova Unified Team
1996 Atlanta details	Gail Devers United States	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	Gwen Torrence United States
2000 Sydney details	Vacant^[106]	Ekaterini Thanou Greece	Merlene Ottey Jamaica
2000 Sydney details	Vacant^[106]	Tayna Lawrence Jamaica	Merlene Ottey Jamaica
2004 Athens details	Yulia Nestsiarenka Belarus	Lauryn Williams United States	Veronica Campbell Jamaica
2008 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica	Sherone Simpson Jamaica	none awarded
2008 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica	Kerron Stewart Jamaica	none awarded
2012 London details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter United States	Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Elaine Thompson Jamaica	Tori Bowie United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica

World Championship medalists

Men

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Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki (details)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Calvin Smith (USA)	Emmit King (USA)
1987 Rome (details)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	Linford Christie (GBR)
1991 Tokyo (details)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1993 Stuttgart (details)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Andre Cason (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1995 Gothenburg (details)	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
1997 Athens (details)	Maurice Greene (USA)	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Tim Montgomery (USA)
1999 Seville (details)	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2001 Edmonton (details)	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bernard Williams (USA)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2003 Saint-Denis (details)	Kim Collins (SKN)	Darrel Brown (TRI)	Darren Campbell (GBR)
2005 Helsinki (details)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Michael Frater (JAM)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2007 Osaka (details)	Tyson Gay (USA)	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2009 Berlin (details)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Tyson Gay (USA)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2011 Daegu (details)	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2013 Moscow (details)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Nesta Carter (JAM)
2015 Beijing (details)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Trayvon Bromell (USA) Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2017 London (details)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Christian Coleman (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)
2019 Doha (details)	Christian Coleman (USA)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)

Women

edit
Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)	Marita Koch (GDR)	Diane Williams (USA)
1987 Rome details	Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)	Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart details	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Marion Jones (USA)	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)
1999 Seville details	Marion Jones (USA)	Inger Miller (USA)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2001 Edmonton details	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Torri Edwards (USA)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2005 Helsinki details	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka details	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2011 Daegu details	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI)
2013 Moscow details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Tori Bowie (USA)
2017 London details	Tori Bowie (USA)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Dafne Schippers (NED)
2019 Doha details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)

Notes

^ a b c d It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s.^[1] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded.^[1] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.61 s, recorded the next day at the same venue by the same athlete in the final.^[1]^[2]

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Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. She relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals.
100 metres
1. not awarded
2. Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Tayna Lawrence 11.18
3. Merlene Ottey 11.19
The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld.

External links

IAAF list of 100-metres records in XML
All-time men's 100 m list
All-time women's 100 m list
Olympics 100 m – Men
Olympics 100 m – Women

[10.49-3] It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s.^[1] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded.^[1] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.61 s, recorded the next day at the same venue by the same athlete in the final.^[1]^[2]

[Linthorne-1] Linthorne, Nicholas P. (June 1995). "The 100-m World Record by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials" (PDF). Brunel University. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

[Women's_outdoor_100m-2] "Women's outdoor 100m". All-time top lists. IAAF. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

[4] Bob Harris; Ramela Mills; Shanon Parker-Bennett (22 June 2004). BTEC First Sport. Heinemann. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-435-45460-9.

[5] "The Day - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "IAAF keeps one false-start rule". BBC. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

[8] "Gatlin queries false start change". BBC News. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

[9] Christopher Clarey (28 August 2011). "Who Can Beat Bolt in the 100? Himself". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[10] "The disqualification of Usain Bolt". IAAF. 28 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[11] "Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance". Speedendurance.com. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

[12] Sandre-Tom. "IAAF Competition Rules 2009, Rule 164" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.

[IAAF-13] 100 metres IAAF

[14] Will Swanton and David Sygall, (15 July 2007). Holy Grails. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 June 2009. Archived 2009-06-20.

[15] The above source fails to mention that Namibian Frankie Fredericks was the first runner of non-West African descent to break the barrier.

[16] Athlete Profiles – Patrick Johnson. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2009. Archived 20 June 2009.

[adriansprints-17] Jad, Adrian (July 2011). "Christophe Lemaitre 100m 9.92s +2.0 (Video) – Officially the Fastest White Man in History". adriansprints.com. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

[18] "Ramil GULIYEV | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.

[19] "China's Su Bingtian moving closer to men's 100m world record". www.xinhuanet.com.

[20] "Gemili runs his first sub-10 100m". BBC Sport.

[21] "Progression of 100 meters world record". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[22] "100 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

[23] 100 Metres All Time. IAAF (9 March 2009). Retrieved 6 May 2009. Archived 8 May 2009.

[24] Linthorne,N.(PHD)(1995)The 100m World Record by Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 U.S Olympic Trials. Report for the International Amateur Athletic Federation Department of Physics, University of Western Australia

[25] Records - Records by Event - 100 Metres. World Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[AlltimeM-26] "Toplists – All time Top lists – Senior Outdoor 100 Metres Men". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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[2021_NACAC_CT-34] "NACAC NEW LIFE INVITATIONAL Mens 100 Dash". halfmiletiming.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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[37] Cherry, Gene (4 June 2011). "Tyson Gay runs year's fastest 100 metres". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[38] "Thompson breaks record". guardian.co.tt. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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[42] Jason Henderson (18 May 2019). "Noah Lyles edges Christian Coleman in Shanghai sprint showdown". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[43] Bret Bloomquist (7 June 2019). "Oduduru leads Texas Tech track to first-ever men's NCAA championship". El Paso Times. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[44] Bob Ramsak (20 July 2020). "Norman blasts 9.86 world lead in Fort Worth". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[45] Markham, Carl; Butler, Mark (17 May 2019). "Bolt runs 14.35 sec for 150m; covers 50m-150m in 8.70 sec!". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[46] "100m World Record falls to Montgomery – 9.78!". iaaf.org. IAAF. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[47] "CAS decision on Montgomery and Gaines". iaaf.org. IAAF. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[48] Nikitaridis, Michalis (14 June 2005). "Powell keeps his World record promise". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[49] Myers, Sanjay (22 November 2011). "Banned for life! – Doping panel shows sprinter Mullings no mercy". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[50] "Justin Gatlin Ran 9.45 With Crazy Wind-Aid on Japanese TV". flotrack.org. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[51] Zinser, Lynn (30 June 2008),"Shattering Limits on the Track, and in the Pool" The New York Times

[52] Ewing, Lori (The Canadian Press) (18 June 2017), [1] National Post

[53] "Results: Men 100 M (Final)". flashresults.com. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[AlltimeW-54] "Toplists - All time Top lists - Senior Outdoor 100 Metres Women". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[55] "All-time women's best 100m". alltime-athletics.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[56] Sherdon Cowan (1 July 2016). "#NatlTrials: Elaine Thompson storms to 10.70s win in 100m". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[57] Nick Zaccardi (10 April 2021). "Olympic favorite? Sha'Carri Richardson 'sends shockwaves' with 100m time". NBC Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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100 metres
not awarded
Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Tayna Lawrence 11.18
Merlene Ottey 11.19
The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld.

[108] t awarded

[109] Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Tayna Lawrence 11.18

[110] Merlene Ottey 11.19

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